[zeugma]

The author is right, both in the historical justifications for copyright, and the fact that it has far exceeded all reasonable limits, like just about everything else related to the federal government.

Copyright terms should be reduced back to a maximum of 28 years. It's obscene that the entire music catalogue of the Beatles is still under copyright. Life+70 is simply irrational and unconstitutional. I really don't give a damn what the nasgul say about it.

[hoosierham]

I disagree;I think copyrights should be returned to the original 14 years.And patent terms likewise reset to the old limits.

If the Disney people had their way we'd still be paying royalty fees to the descendants of the inventor of the wheel.